Getting the garden ready

I'm very excited to have a larger garden than last year. I'm still in the learning phase, but have come a long way in the last two years. Our neighbor came over with his tiller and tilled up my garden plot from last year. I barely filled 1/4th of it last year, and now I'm afraid I won't have enough room for everything I plan to plant this year. So far I've started cucumbers, zucchini, carrots, roma tomatoes, yellow pear tomatoes, yellow and red peppers, jalapeno peppers, and carrots. I've been promised apples and plums from a neighbor's tree and can't wait to make applesauce and jam!

Brotherly love

From the first time Ryan met his baby sister he has been madly in love with her. I thought for sure the infatuation would wear off after a few months. Here she is, almost 11 months old, and he's still head over heels for her. He comforts her, feeds her, plays with her, holds her, makes her laugh, gives her raspberries on her tummy, etc etc. If this keeps up, I don't think we'll have to deal with any boyfriends until Ryan leaves the house!

Cecilia's a big fan of spaghetti

Kid Shots

Paying outside, and Gabby comes to play

I said "smile"!
Worn out from playing frisbee after a long winter.

I'm not sure why she was sitting there, I didn't take this picture.

Push me please!

Our neighbor and new friend came over with his daughter Gabby. The kids had fun making a train down the twisty slide. Too bad Jazmin was napping!

The train fell off the tracks.

Let's go climb a tree

I often wondered how long it would take them to figure out what a cool tree this is, and how to climb it.

A trip to the Maple Grove Maze

The boys were moving too fast to get any pictures of them. But the girls sure had fun, all of them!